Old movies can be fun to watch at times. This short one features – as the title suggest – a quick shave and brush up. And that is about it… more or less.
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Shave of the day 6th November 2024
- Razor: GEM Heavy Flat Top
- Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
- Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
- Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
- Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
- Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
- Additional Care: Alum Block
Many a good razor has been cast aside as useless…
Many a good razor has been cast aside as useless and good for nothing, till pro bono publico, a fact; or, proof positive. Step’d forward, to give ease to the cheek, comfort to the upper lip, a pleasant familiarity to the chin and an uncommon agreeable surprize to the bearded physiognomy which takes place by a razor being strop’d or sharpen’d on Packwood’s new invented razor strop…
Shave of the day 4th November 2024
No-shave November is simply not an option, for a great many reasons
- Razor: GEM Heavy Flat Top
- Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
- Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
- Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
- Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
- Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
- Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 1st Nov 2024
Decided to take the small luxury of going to the local barber shop for a straight razor shave. Felt really nice, but actually got a small nick…
Confess to the crime skeleton!
A spooky repost from two years ago.
After coming across a meme on the internet, I recently spend some time tracking down the patent for what I can only think of as the Crime Skeleton. It is a perfect example that the line between genius and insanity is blurry at best. I’m not quite sure which side of that line Helene Adalaide Shelby’s invention falls under, but I am inclined to go for “genius”. And a somewhat spooky and misguided genius at that.
So let’s take a short break from weird shaving patents and look at a plain weird patent.
Continue readingShave of the day 30th October 2024
- Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
- Blade: Personna Injector
- Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
- Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
- Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
- Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
- Additional Care: Alum Block
Shaving is saving
Shaving is saving, the advertisement promises, as long as the shaving is done with a Gillette. And in 1906 this might have been true… today? Buying the current offering from Gillette or the other big multinationals is a sure way to spend money – carts are expensive, when compared to the good old double edged blade.
Continue readingShave of the day 28th October 2024
- Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
- Blade: Personna Injector
- Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
- Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
- Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
- Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
- Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 25th October 2024
- Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
- Blade: Personna Injector
- Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
- Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
- Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
- Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
- Additional Care: Alum Block